Top man at right-wing think tank thinks federal government played no role in freeing slaves

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Apr 9, 2014 at 5:15 PMApr 9, 2014 at 5:22 PM

Former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican who now heads up the Heritage Foundation, unwittingly made it clear the other day that he’s astonishingly ignorant of American history and doesn’t even know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

You have to wonder how this guy ever graduated from high school, never mind college. And how he landed his position with what used to be a fairly respectable think tank is simply inexplicable.

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Former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican who now heads up the Heritage Foundation, unwittingly made it clear the other day that he’s astonishingly ignorant of American history and doesn’t even know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

You have to wonder how this guy ever graduated from high school, never mind college. And how he landed his position with what used to be a fairly respectable think tank is simply inexplicable.